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Star Trek: Discovery – Hot Takes Incoming
Ideas, anachronisms, social commentary, lens flare. These are some things about the new Star Trek show.
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The Sorcerer’s Cypher — A Harry Potter Party Rap
Watch the Harry Potter-inspired party rap the world needs right now. All the wizards in the house, throw your wands in the air!
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Meet the New Taylor, Same As the Old Taylor
Is she done shaking things off?
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R.I.P. Juicero, 2016-2017
With apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Never Watch the Pilot
They’re usually bad, and you won’t miss much.
Game of Thrones Unlocked: Season 7, Episode 7, “The Dragon and the Wolf”
When the cold winds blow, the lone Game of Thrones recapper dies, but the pack survives.
Everything New is Old Again
Why the explosion of media revivals signals a deep sickness in the west’s cultural psyche
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Game of Thrones Unlocked: Season 7 Episode 6, “Beyond the Wall”
In the latest episode, those who do not remember the past are condemned to wonder if it’s worth repeating.
Super Timely Post on Beauty and the Beast
If the classic tale was really about beauty, it would have been totally different. Here’s why.
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Game of Thrones Unlocked: Season 7 Episode 5, “Eastwatch”
Players in the Game of Thrones have started to realize that it’s possible to win AND die. So maybe it’s best not to go it alone.
Adams: “The Lucky Strike” gets followed up in three different ways by Robinson in his essay “A Sensitive Dependence… more
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This is a bit of an odd Prisoner’s Dilemma, since as we see in Episode 2, the Klingons don’t have a viable “nice”… more
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But I think I’ve read that the Vulcan strategy is not actually optimal. In a long enough game, with a wide enough… more
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TIME FOR SOME GAME THEORY!
The Vulcan strategy as described in that episode is a way of handling iterated prisoner’s… more
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I encourage you guys and anyone who loves this as much as I do to go check out some Wizard Rock, specifically the… more
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Just a quick correction: Denise/Real Eleanor’s name is Vicky. Denise and Real Eleanor are her characters in Michael’s… more
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But isn’t that true for any physical sensation? There are no movies “about” softness, but there are many movies… more
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Man, I’m so glad I got bored with my Netflix queue while working on a repetitive project and decided to try something… more
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I would even add that maybe it is this phenomenon of pain where it warps our perception that makes scenes like… more
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Yeah, I think what I’m trying to say is that the sensation of pain when it is fairly brief or minor and the experience… more
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